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Originally Posted by chippers21

I would hope that it would be illegal to steal someone's belongings they have in their own personal bag.
I do remember the time that Rufus (was that his name?) stole stuff when they were on that pirate mission Survivor

Does anyone have a link/url for rules for Survivor China?

I found this discussion which says:

http://boards.cbs.com/n/pfx/forum.as...ag=cbssurv15mb

"The rules state that an idol can be given away but not stolen"

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But it does appear that Survivor did bend the rules:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20501702/

Did ‘Survivor’ break its own age-limit rule?


Q: I thought that you had to be 21 before filming started to be on 'Survivor.' How did Frosti get on Survivor China? He will only be 21 in Feb 2008. --Terry

Andy says: That’s a good question. Survivor’s application says, “All contestants must be 21 years or older at the time of application.”

But Michael “Frosti” Zernow’s official CBS bio identifies his birthdate as February 15, 1987. That means he won’t turn 21 until next February, long after the show is over.

Why, then, is Frosti on the show? Has the minimum age been reduced to 20 or even 18?

A CBS spokesperson told me that the age requirement has not changed. Instead, “(t)he producers decided to make an exception for him. They have the right to waive eligibility requirements at their discretion.”

Gael says: I'm sure the producers do have it written into the fine print that they could cast anyone and break their own rules, but if I were someone who'd applied to "Survivor" and been rejected for not meeting the show's guidelines, I wouldn't be too thrilled with this.

It's unclear from his online bio why Frosti was considered so great that they broke rules for him. He definitely has traveled in Asia before, mentioning a Hong Kong trip, and is part Japanese -- was the show desperate for an Asian competitor in this first-ever season set in China? The rest of his biography sounds like a shill for Parkour, which is described as "essentially making the environment into an obstacle course." So he may do well in the show's physical challenges, and could go far in the competition, but it still doesn't seem fair to me when so many people apply who DO meet the show's own stated requirements.